Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So wash your faces”

Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (So wash your faces)]

His saying, Mighty and Majestic: [Surat al-Ma'idah: 6] One might ask: Where is the washing of the two hands that takes place before washing the face?And the answer is that we say: Washing the two hands is not a condition for the validity of the ablution, but rather it is a recommended practice (sunnah) of the ablution. If a person performs it, he is rewarded for it, and if he does not perform it, there is no blame on him for that. The first obligatory part of the ablution is washing the face.And as for the face, the scholars said: Its limit in width is from one ear to the other, and its limit in length is from the curve of the forehead at the top to the bottom of the beard, such that whatever descends from the beard is considered part of the face; because it is derived from the word for facing, and a person faces others with this entire part of his body. The washing of the face includes rinsing the mouth and sniffing water into the nose; because the nose and the mouth are two organs of the face. Therefore, he begins first with rinsing the mouth, then sniffing water into the nose, then he washes the entire face.